diff --git a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
index 142968d07a68..38ffbbece506 100644
--- a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
+++ b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Integros [integros.com]
  * Copyright 2016 Nexenta Systems, Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
  * Copyright (c) 2015, 2017, Intel Corporation.
  */
 
@@ -4558,6 +4558,22 @@ verify_device_removal_feature_counts(spa_t *spa)
 	return (ret);
 }
 
+static void
+zdb_set_skip_mmp(char *target)
+{
+	spa_t *spa;
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable the activity check to allow examination of
+	 * active pools.
+	 */
+	mutex_enter(&spa_namespace_lock);
+	if ((spa = spa_lookup(target)) != NULL) {
+		spa->spa_import_flags |= ZFS_IMPORT_SKIP_MMP;
+	}
+	mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
+}
+
 #define	BOGUS_SUFFIX "_CHECKPOINTED_UNIVERSE"
 /*
  * Import the checkpointed state of the pool specified by the target
@@ -4592,6 +4608,7 @@ import_checkpointed_state(char *target, nvlist_t *cfg, char **new_path)
 	}
 
 	if (cfg == NULL) {
+		zdb_set_skip_mmp(poolname);
 		error = spa_get_stats(poolname, &cfg, NULL, 0);
 		if (error != 0) {
 			fatal("Tried to read config of pool \"%s\" but "
@@ -4605,7 +4622,8 @@ import_checkpointed_state(char *target, nvlist_t *cfg, char **new_path)
 	fnvlist_add_string(cfg, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_NAME, bogus_name);
 
 	error = spa_import(bogus_name, cfg, NULL,
-	    ZFS_IMPORT_MISSING_LOG | ZFS_IMPORT_CHECKPOINT);
+	    ZFS_IMPORT_MISSING_LOG | ZFS_IMPORT_CHECKPOINT |
+	    ZFS_IMPORT_SKIP_MMP);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		fatal("Tried to import pool \"%s\" but spa_import() failed "
 		    "with error %d\n", bogus_name, error);
@@ -5739,15 +5757,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				    target, strerror(ENOMEM));
 			}
 
-			/*
-			 * Disable the activity check to allow examination of
-			 * active pools.
-			 */
 			if (dump_opt['C'] > 1) {
 				(void) printf("\nConfiguration for import:\n");
 				dump_nvlist(cfg, 8);
 			}
 
+			/*
+			 * Disable the activity check to allow examination of
+			 * active pools.
+			 */
 			error = spa_import(target_pool, cfg, NULL,
 			    flags | ZFS_IMPORT_SKIP_MMP);
 		}
@@ -5769,16 +5787,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 
 		} else if (target_is_spa || dump_opt['R']) {
-			/*
-			 * Disable the activity check to allow examination of
-			 * active pools.
-			 */
-			mutex_enter(&spa_namespace_lock);
-			if ((spa = spa_lookup(target)) != NULL) {
-				spa->spa_import_flags |= ZFS_IMPORT_SKIP_MMP;
-			}
-			mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
-
+			zdb_set_skip_mmp(target);
 			error = spa_open_rewind(target, &spa, FTAG, policy,
 			    NULL);
 			if (error) {
@@ -5801,6 +5810,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
+			zdb_set_skip_mmp(target);
 			error = open_objset(target, DMU_OST_ANY, FTAG, &os);
 			if (error == 0)
 				spa = dmu_objset_spa(os);
diff --git a/tests/runfiles/linux.run b/tests/runfiles/linux.run
index 10c1200a4a2b..445463cf8d19 100644
--- a/tests/runfiles/linux.run
+++ b/tests/runfiles/linux.run
@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ tags = ['functional', 'mmap']
 [tests/functional/mmp]
 tests = ['mmp_on_thread', 'mmp_on_uberblocks', 'mmp_on_off', 'mmp_interval',
     'mmp_active_import', 'mmp_inactive_import', 'mmp_exported_import',
-    'mmp_write_uberblocks', 'mmp_reset_interval', 'multihost_history']
+    'mmp_write_uberblocks', 'mmp_reset_interval', 'multihost_history',
+    'mmp_on_zdb']
 tags = ['functional', 'mmp']
 
 [tests/functional/mount]
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/Makefile.am b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/Makefile.am
index ecf16f806df6..f2d0ad0ea791 100644
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_SCRIPTS = \
 	mmp_exported_import.ksh \
 	mmp_write_uberblocks.ksh \
 	mmp_reset_interval.ksh \
+	mmp_on_zdb.ksh \
 	setup.ksh \
 	cleanup.ksh
 
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_on_zdb.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_on_zdb.ksh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..131fd21e8817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_on_zdb.ksh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/ksh
+
+#
+# This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
+# Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
+# You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
+# 1.0 of the CDDL.
+#
+# A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
+# source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
+# http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
+#
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 by Nutanix. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+. $STF_SUITE/include/libtest.shlib
+. $STF_SUITE/tests/functional/mmp/mmp.cfg
+. $STF_SUITE/tests/functional/mmp/mmp.kshlib
+
+#
+# Description:
+# zdb will work while multihost is enabled.
+#
+# Strategy:
+# 1. Create a pool
+# 2. Enable multihost
+# 3. Run zdb -d with pool and dataset arguments.
+# 4. Create a checkpoint
+# 5. Run zdb -kd with pool and dataset arguments.
+# 6. Discard the checkpoint
+# 7. Export the pool
+# 8. Run zdb -ed with pool and dataset arguments.
+#
+
+function cleanup
+{
+	datasetexists $TESTPOOL && destroy_pool $TESTPOOL
+	for DISK in $DISKS; do
+		zpool labelclear -f $DEV_RDSKDIR/$DISK
+	done
+	log_must mmp_clear_hostid
+}
+
+log_assert "Verify zdb -d works while multihost is enabled"
+log_onexit cleanup
+
+verify_runnable "global"
+verify_disk_count "$DISKS" 2
+
+default_mirror_setup_noexit $DISKS
+log_must mmp_set_hostid $HOSTID1
+log_must zpool set multihost=on $TESTPOOL
+log_must zfs snap $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS@snap
+
+log_must zdb -d $TESTPOOL
+log_must zdb -d $TESTPOOL/
+log_must zdb -d $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS
+log_must zdb -d $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS@snap
+
+log_must zpool checkpoint $TESTPOOL
+log_must zdb -kd $TESTPOOL
+log_must zdb -kd $TESTPOOL/
+log_must zdb -kd $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS
+log_must zdb -kd $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS@snap
+log_must zpool checkpoint -d $TESTPOOL
+
+log_must zpool export $TESTPOOL
+
+log_must zdb -ed $TESTPOOL
+log_must zdb -ed $TESTPOOL/
+log_must zdb -ed $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS
+log_must zdb -ed $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS@snap
+
+log_must zpool import $TESTPOOL
+
+cleanup
+
+log_pass "zdb -d works while multihost is enabled"